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A, 1D, 1G, 2AD, 3AB
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D7C3FEACFE091A5D" box="[151,391,341,364]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Mesembrina decipiens</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D7C3FE8CFEFD1ABD" box="[151,371,373,396]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Mesembrina putziloi</emphasis>
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: 57
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D7C3FE6CFECE1A9D" box="[151,320,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Hyperdermodes</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D7C3FE24FE971AC6" bold="true" box="[151,281,477,503]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Large species resembling a bumble bee (
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A). Gena dusted brownish. Thorax and abdomen with numerous yellow bristles (
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A), no dusted white lines on prescutum. Wing base and calypters intensely yellow, M1 vein ending past wing apex (
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D). T2 of males curved and elongated with row of fine
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D7C3FDA1FF3D1940" box="[151,179,600,625]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">pv</emphasis>
setae increasing in lenght towards apex (
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G).
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material examined:
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ɗ labeled “Baical VI / Kultuk 61”; “Coll. / H. Loew”; “
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”; “
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/
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/
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Lw.”; “
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Ψ /
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/
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/ Conf. A. C. Pont 1999”; “Zool. Mus. / Berlin” (
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).
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Hyperdermodes
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Ψ labeled “High Isl / Alberta”; “T. Baird / Hyth River / Alta”; “
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/ No. 18415 /
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N.M.”; “Hyperdermodes / solitarius / Knab” (
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).
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The female
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of
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D6BBFCB1FDFC1850" box="[495,626,840,865]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">M. putziloi</emphasis>
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, from Irkutsk,
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is in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg,
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. This specimen was recently examined by
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who confirmed its status as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D539FC61FC8D1880" box="[621,771,920,945]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">M. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D792FC39FD8518EB" bold="true" box="[198,523,960,986]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Other material examined:</emphasis>
16 ɗ, 54 Ψ: NEARCTIC:
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: Alberta: Banff, Bilby, Cypress Hills, Edmonton, Kananaskis Lakes, Lake Louise, Nojack, Slave Lake, Waterton Lakes Nat. Pk.; British
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9BFF82D274FC11FA171F33" box="[1312,1433,1000,1026]" name="United States of America" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Columbia</collectingCountry>
: Aspen Grove, Kamloops, Penticton, Salmon Arm, Trinity Valley; Manitoba: Erikson; Ontario: Lake Nipigon; Yukon: Dawson, Dempster Hwy., La Force Lake, West Dawson;
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<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9BFF82D4F9FBC1FC661F63" box="[941,1000,1080,1106]" name="United States of America" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">USA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
: Alaska: Homer, Isabel Pass, Matanuska, Palmer; Colorado: Culebra Mts., Mt. Evans, Pingree Park, Sierra Blanca; Michigan: Isle Royale;
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: Pipestone Pass; North Carolina: Great Smoky Mts. Nat. Pk.; Washington: Mt. Bonaparte; PALAEARCTIC:
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9BFF82D63AFB49FE361FFB" box="[366,440,1200,1226]" name="China" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">China</collectingCountry>
: Jilin: Hani;
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9BFF82D51AFB49FD4A1FFB" box="[590,708,1200,1226]" name="Mongolia" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Mongolia</collectingCountry>
: Tunkun;
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9BFF82D46DFB49FC021FFB" box="[825,908,1200,1226]" name="Russia" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Russia</collectingCountry>
: Sibirskiy: Kargasok, Trans-Baikal; (
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,
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,
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,
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D792FAF9FE3F1E2B" bold="true" box="[198,433,1280,1306]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Description: Male:</emphasis>
body length
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<paragraph id="1A11691DFF9BFF82D791FAD1FC511D03" blockId="8.[151,1437,477,2026]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D791FAD1FE9F1E73" bold="true" box="[197,273,1320,1346]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D791FAD1FE881E73" bold="true" box="[197,262,1320,1346]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Head</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Background color black, parafacial dusted brownish-yellow to silvery, gena brown pruinose; eye sparsely haired; distance between eyes 1.0x1.3x distance between the outer margins of the posterior ocelli; frons with 810 fine black medioclinate
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D5D1FA81FD171EA0" box="[645,665,1400,1425]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">fr</emphasis>
and with abundant weaker medioclinate, proclinate or reclinate
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D7C3FA59FF491E88" box="[151,199,1440,1465]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">orb,</emphasis>
tuft of short black setae posterior to ocellar triangle,
<date id="6E104FDDFF9BFF82D468FA59FCD41E88" box="[828,858,1440,1466]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">
1
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D406FA59FCD41E88" box="[850,858,1440,1465]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">i</emphasis>
</date>
vt and 2 convergent
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D306FA59FB0A1E88" box="[1106,1156,1440,1465]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">pavt</emphasis>
; palpus orange, 5.0x as long as wide; pedicel orange, haired and with 2 setae, more than
<date id="6E104FDDFF9BFF82D4D8FA31FC241ED3" box="[908,938,1480,1506]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">2x</date>
length of others; first flagellomere 4.0x as long as wide, color orange-reddish at base turning brownish towards apex; basal half of arista thickened and always yellow; prementum haired and glossy, 2.02.5x as long as wide.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D791F9B9FEA71D6B" bold="true" box="[197,297,1600,1626]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D791F9B9FE911D6B" bold="true" box="[197,287,1600,1626]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Thorax</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Glossy black; covered in fine hairs, black hairs and setae found throughout, dense yellow hairs usually present on prescutum, postpronotum, scutum and often on the scutellum, these sometimes also extending down onto the anepisternum but very rarely extending onto the katepisternum; anepimeron haired with a tuft of longer hairs on dorsal edge; dorsal thoracic bristles black or yellow and often nearly indistinguishable from surrounding hairs, 0 + 12
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D54BF919FDCB1DC8" box="[543,581,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">acr</emphasis>
, 12 + 24
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D58EF919FD781DC8" box="[730,758,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">dc</emphasis>
, 1 + 1
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D41BF919FCE01DC8" box="[847,878,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">ial</emphasis>
, 1 + 57
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D4B1F919FB981DC8" box="[997,1046,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">spal</emphasis>
, 3
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D36AF919FBED1DC8" box="[1086,1123,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">npl</emphasis>
, 2
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D3D8F919FB3F1DC8" box="[1164,1201,1760,1785]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">pal</emphasis>
; anepisternum bare anteriorly; 01
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D606F8F1FE291C10" box="[338,423,1800,1825]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">a kepst</emphasis>
, 1
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D686F8F1FDA91C10" box="[466,551,1800,1825]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">p kepst</emphasis>
; postpronotum haired, with 23 strong
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D35FF8F1FBC81C10" box="[1035,1094,1800,1825]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">ppnl,</emphasis>
at least one usually yellow; scutellum glossy black, scutellar setae black or yellow, 1 pair of apical
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D48CF8C9FB8F1C78" box="[984,1025,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">sctl</emphasis>
, 68 pairs of lateral
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D3A7F8C9FA921C78" box="[1267,1308,1840,1865]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">sctl</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D791F8A1FE861C40" bold="true" box="[197,264,1879,1906]" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D791F8A1FF701C43" bold="true" box="[197,254,1880,1906]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">Legs</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Mostly black, fifth tarsomere yellowish and flattened on all legs; pulvilli large, 2.0x as long as wide, claws with a black tip and a bright yellow base; F1 with 1 row of equal
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D354F879FB931CA8" box="[1024,1053,1920,1945]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">pd</emphasis>
on basal two-thirds, 1 row of
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D2D9F879FA121CA8" box="[1421,1436,1920,1945]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">p</emphasis>
decreasing in size from base and 1 complete row of sub-equal
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D423F851FC0A1CF0" box="[887,900,1960,1985]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">v</emphasis>
; F2 with 35
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D37EF851FBB71CF0" box="[1066,1081,1960,1985]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">p</emphasis>
in a group near apex; F3 with 1 row of sub-equal
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D6D4F829FE131CD8" box="[384,413,2000,2025]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">ad</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D68EF829FE7A1CD8" box="[474,500,2000,2025]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">av</emphasis>
, apical third of
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D5E0F829FD5F1CD8" box="[692,721,2000,2025]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">ad</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9BFF82D459F829FCA71CD8" box="[781,809,2000,2025]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="37">av</emphasis>
rows stronger than basal sections; T1 with very fine and short
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D658FF61FE951B80" box="[268,283,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">a</emphasis>
giving the surface a shiny brown look, 1 strong
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D408FF61FCF71B80" box="[860,889,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">ad</emphasis>
near apex and 1 row of
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D3C8FF61FB251B80" box="[1180,1195,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">d</emphasis>
increasing in length towards apex; T2 (
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G) elongated and noticeably curved towards apex, with 1 row of 78 strong
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D206FF39FAEF1BE8" box="[1362,1377,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">p</emphasis>
subequally spaced, 1 row of fine brown
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D51DFF11FDEB1A30" box="[585,613,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">pv</emphasis>
increasing in length apically but of equal length on apical third and 1 row of equal
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D666FEE9FEB11A18" box="[306,319,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">v</emphasis>
eventually converging with
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D5D9FEE9FD271A18" box="[653,681,272,297]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">pv</emphasis>
; T3 with 1 long
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near midpoint; fore tarsomeres: 1&gt;2&gt;3&gt;4&lt;5, with distinct ventral yellow line extending from the midpoint of tarsomere 1 to apex of tarsomere 5; mid tarsomeres: 1&gt;2&gt;3&gt;4&lt;5, usually without distinct ventral yellow line extending from the midpoint of tarsomere 1 to apex of tarsomere 5 but if line present then usually dull yellow; hind tarsomeres: 1&gt;2&gt;3&gt;4&lt;5, with very fine brown and short
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D6C5FE49FE2E1AF8" box="[401,416,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">p</emphasis>
giving a shiny look, with or without distinct ventral yellow line.
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D791FE2EFE9E1AC0" bold="true" box="[197,272,471,497]" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D791FE2EFE8A1AC0" bold="true" box="[197,260,471,497]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">Wing</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
(
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D). Mostly clear with heavy yellow tinge on basal half, apical half occasionally with brown tinge surrounding veins; wing veins yellow on basal half and brown on apical half; basicosta brownish-black; wing veins yellow on basal half, brown on apical half; M1 vein running parallel to wing margin on apical quarter of wing and ending slightly past wing apex; alula yellowish; calypters yellow.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1A11691DFF9AFF83D7C3F84FFA151CFC" blockId="9.[151,1435,1974,1998]" box="[151,1435,1974,1998]" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D7C3F84FFE961CFF" bold="true" box="[151,280,1974,1998]" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Males of
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D6D6F84EFD841CFF" box="[386,522,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">M. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D544F84FFDF91CFF" bold="true" box="[528,631,1974,1998]" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">(A, D, G)</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D5D0F84EFD721CFF" box="[644,764,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">M. latreillii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D457F84FFCE91CFF" bold="true" box="[771,871,1974,1998]" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">(B, E, H)</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D4CDF84EFBA81CFF" box="[921,1062,1975,1998]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">M. nigribasis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D379F84FFB0A1CFF" bold="true" box="[1069,1156,1974,1998]" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">(C, F, I)</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9AFF83D3C5F84FFB451CFF" bold="true" box="[1169,1227,1974,1998]" pageId="9" pageNumber="38">AC.</emphasis>
Whole habitus, lat-
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<paragraph id="1A11691DFF99FF80D7C3F8F5FC721C77" blockId="10.[151,1436,1804,1862]" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D7C3F8F5FE941C15" bold="true" box="[151,282,1804,1828]" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Male of
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D62AF8F5FD861C12" box="[382,520,1804,1827]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">M. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D542F8F5FDBE1C15" bold="true" box="[534,560,1804,1828]" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">A.</emphasis>
External genitalic structures, lateral view.
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D4ABF8F5FB991C15" bold="true" box="[1023,1047,1804,1828]" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">B.</emphasis>
External genitalic structures, posterior view.
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D657F8D7FE901C77" bold="true" box="[259,286,1838,1862]" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">C.</emphasis>
Internal genitalic structures, lateral view.
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D589F8D7FD761C77" bold="true" box="[733,760,1838,1862]" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">D.</emphasis>
Sternite 5, ventral view.
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D791F880FECD1CA2" bold="true" box="[197,323,1913,1939]" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D791F880FEB71CA2" bold="true" box="[197,313,1913,1939]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">Abdomen</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Shiny black; densely covered in fine
</th>
<th id="E74F0223FF990075D450F880FBC71CA5" box="[772,1097,1913,1940]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">hairs, hair black on tergites</th>
<th id="E74F0223FF990075D304F880FA121CA5" box="[1104,1436,1913,1940]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">13, yellow on tergites 35,</th>
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<tr id="A49E6B5FFF990075D7C3F85BFA121C8D" box="[151,1436,1954,1980]" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="39" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1">
<th id="E74F0223FF990075D7C3F85BFD721C8D" box="[151,764,1954,1980]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">sternite 5 1.2x as long as wide (Fig. 2D).</th>
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<tr id="A49E6B5FFF990075D7C3F830FA121CD5" box="[151,1436,1993,2020]" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">
<th id="E74F0223FF990075D7C3F830FD721CD5" box="[151,764,1993,2020]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D791F830FEFC1CD2" bold="true" box="[197,370,1993,2019]" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF99FF80D791F830FEE91CD2" bold="true" box="[197,359,1993,2019]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">Postabdomen</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Epandrium wider than high (Fig.
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<td id="E74F0223FF990075D450F830FBC71CD5" box="[772,1097,1993,2020]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">2B); mesolobus higher than</td>
<td id="E74F0223FF990075D304F830FA121CD5" box="[1104,1436,1993,2020]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="10" pageNumber="39">wide with outer ventral pro-</td>
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<paragraph id="1A11691DFF98FF81D7C3FF61FCD61AFB" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,738]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
jection longer than inner projection (
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B), outer projection with small but sharp tooth-like apical protrusion (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D78DFF39FE911BEB" box="[217,287,192,218]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A, 2B); surstylus short, bent medially with apex ending abruptly with a straight edge in posterior view (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D7B4FF11FEA91A33" box="[224,295,232,258]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
B), concave posteriorly in lateral view (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D5A1FF11FCB21A33" box="[757,828,232,258]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
A); pregonite with base wide and apex slender, with 34 lateral setae (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D63AFEE9FE391A1B" box="[366,439,272,298]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C); postgonite with base slightly concave with several small lateral setae and apex rounded, 2.0x as high as width of base (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D53CFEC1FD211A63" box="[616,687,312,338]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C); epiphallus as long or slightly shorter than phallapodeme and with apex forked (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D620FE99FE321A4B" box="[372,444,352,378]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C); apex of phallapodeme bulb-shaped (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D4CFFE99FC6A1A4B" box="[923,996,352,378]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C); ejaculatory apodeme well sclerotized and beak-like in appearance (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D564FE71FDF81A93" box="[560,630,392,418]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C); lateral sclerites of distiphallus broad and weakly sclerotized, apical section of lateral sclerites with sparse spinules (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF98FF81D5BAFE49FCBB1AFB" box="[750,821,432,458]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1804,1828]" captionTargetBox="[159,1406,210,1753]" captionTargetId="figure@10.[151,1436,194,1780]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 2. Male of M. decipiens. A. External genitalic structures, lateral view. B. External genitalic structures, posterior view. C. Internal genitalic structures, lateral view. D. Sternite 5, ventral view." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180601/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
C).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF98FF81D791FE2EFC411AC3" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,738]" box="[197,975,471,498]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791FE2EFEA41AC0" bold="true" box="[197,298,471,497]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Female:</emphasis>
body length 11.117.0mm. Differs from male as follows:
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF98FF81D791FE06FD0C19D3" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,738]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791FE06FE9F1928" bold="true" box="[197,273,511,537]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791FE06FE881928" bold="true" box="[197,262,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Head</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Distance between eyes 5.0x distance between the outer margins of the posterior ocelli, tuft of short setae posterior to ocellar triangle usually yellow but sometimes black, frontal vitta reddish-brown, sometimes fine frontal setae present on vitta, parafacial brownish-yellow;1017 medioclinate
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D338FDA9FBF01958" box="[1132,1150,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">fr</emphasis>
, stronger anteriorly and usually yellow but sometimes black, usually 2 strong proclinate
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D4CEFD81FC4D19A0" box="[922,963,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">orb</emphasis>
located medially and 2 strong reclinate
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D7C3FD59FF4E1988" box="[151,192,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">orb</emphasis>
located posteriorly on head, surrounded by fine yellow or black proclinate
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D31DFD59FBFC1988" box="[1097,1138,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">orb</emphasis>
0.5x the length of larger
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D7C3FD31FF4E19D0" box="[151,192,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">orb</emphasis>
and not extending onto the parafacial.
</paragraph>
<caption id="4ED13995FF98FF81D7C3F999FAE61D46" box="[151,1384,1632,1656]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180602/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="40" targetBox="[151,1427,797,1582]" targetPageId="11">
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF98FF81D7C3F999FAE61D46" blockId="11.[151,1384,1632,1656]" box="[151,1384,1632,1656]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D7C3F999FE971D49" bold="true" box="[151,281,1632,1656]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Female of
<taxonomicName id="DDAE129EFF98FF81D6C6F998FD971D49" box="[402,537,1633,1656]" class="Insecta" family="Muscidae" genus="Mesembrina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="40" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decipiens">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D6C6F998FD971D49" box="[402,537,1633,1656]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">M. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, apical portion of ovipositor.
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D402F999FCFE1D49" bold="true" box="[854,880,1632,1656]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">A.</emphasis>
Dorsal view.
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D350F999FB921D49" bold="true" box="[1028,1052,1632,1656]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">B.</emphasis>
Ventral view.
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D3E2F999FB411D49" bold="true" box="[1206,1231,1632,1656]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">C.</emphasis>
Spermatheca.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF98FF81D791F952FD1F1DDC" blockId="11.[151,1436,1707,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791F952FEA71DF4" bold="true" box="[197,297,1707,1733]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791F952FE911DF4" bold="true" box="[197,287,1707,1733]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Thorax</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Usually with higher density of yellow hairs on thorax than in male, scutellum with yellow hairs always present, lateral
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D6F7F92AFE421DDD" box="[419,460,1747,1772]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">sctl</emphasis>
yellow or black.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF98FF81D791F902FDCC1CBC" blockId="11.[151,1436,1707,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791F902FE861C24" bold="true" box="[197,264,1787,1813]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791F902FF701C24" bold="true" box="[197,254,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Legs</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
T2 not curved and of normal length with 12
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D47EF902FCC91C25" box="[810,839,1787,1812]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">ad</emphasis>
on basal half, 2
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D358F902FBA71C25" box="[1036,1065,1787,1812]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">pd</emphasis>
on basal half and 3
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D243F902FABC1C25" box="[1303,1330,1787,1812]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">pv</emphasis>
on basal two-thirds, T3 with 1 long
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D680F8DAFE6D1C0D" box="[468,483,1827,1852]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">d</emphasis>
near apex; fore tarsomeres with or without distinct ventral yellow line extending from the midpoint of tarsomere 1 to apex of tarsomere 5 but if present, then line dull yellow, mid and hind tarsomeres without ventral yellow line.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF98FF81D791F862FE131C84" blockId="11.[151,1436,1707,2013]" box="[197,413,1947,1973]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791F862FE9E1C84" bold="true" box="[197,272,1947,1973]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791F862FE8A1C84" bold="true" box="[197,260,1947,1973]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Wing</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
As in male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF98FF81D791F83AFE5F1CEC" blockId="11.[151,1436,1707,2013]" box="[197,465,1987,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791F83AFECD1CEC" bold="true" box="[197,323,1987,2013]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF98FF81D791F83AFEB71CEC" bold="true" box="[197,313,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="40">Abdomen</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
As in male.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF9FFF86D791FF6EFC951A63" blockId="12.[151,1437,151,898]" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D791FF6EFEFC1B80" bold="true" box="[197,370,151,177]" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D791FF6EFEE91B80" bold="true" box="[197,359,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Postabdomen</emphasis>
:
</emphasis>
Anterior portion of tergite 8 split longitudinally into 2 rectangular parallel rods, posterior plate of tergite 8 with 67 robust sub-equal setae (
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A); anterior portion of sternite 8 split longitudinally into 2 club-shaped parallel plates, posterior plate of sternite 8 with 46 robust sub-equal setae (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF9FFF86D3B3FF11FAA81A33" box="[1255,1318,232,258]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="11.[151,255,1632,1656]" captionTargetBox="[151,1427,797,1582]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,794,1608]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female of M. decipiens, apical portion of ovipositor. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Spermatheca." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180602/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Fig 3</figureCitation>
B); tergite 10 bare except for 2 pairs of strong setae on the posterior margin (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF9FFF86D4C2FEE9FC5D1A1B" box="[918,979,272,298]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="11.[151,255,1632,1656]" captionTargetBox="[151,1427,797,1582]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,794,1608]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female of M. decipiens, apical portion of ovipositor. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Spermatheca." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180602/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Fig 3</figureCitation>
A); cercus bare, cercal pegs small (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF9FFF86D239FEE9FF2B1A63" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="11.[151,255,1632,1656]" captionTargetBox="[151,1427,797,1582]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,794,1608]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female of M. decipiens, apical portion of ovipositor. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Spermatheca." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180602/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
A, 3B); spermathecae 2.0x as long as wide. (
<figureCitation id="82957598FF9FFF86D5E5FEC1FD791A63" box="[689,759,312,338]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="11.[151,255,1632,1656]" captionTargetBox="[151,1427,797,1582]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,794,1608]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 3. Female of M. decipiens, apical portion of ovipositor. A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Spermatheca." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/180602/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
C).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="52B43A96FF9FFF86D792FEA6FC511AFB" pageId="12" pageNumber="41" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF9FFF86D792FEA6FC511AFB" blockId="12.[151,1437,151,898]" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D792FEA6FEE71A48" bold="true" box="[198,361,351,377]" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Distribution:</emphasis>
NEARCTIC:
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9FFF86D57FFE99FD091A4B" box="[555,647,352,378]" name="Canada" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Canada</collectingCountry>
: Alberta, British
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9FFF86D420FE99FC641A4B" box="[884,1002,352,378]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Columbia</collectingCountry>
, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario,Yukon;
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9FFF86D607FE71FE1C1A93" box="[339,402,392,418]" name="United States of America" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">USA</collectingCountry>
: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota,
<taxonomicName id="DDAE129EFF9FFF86D480FE71FBB11A93" box="[980,1087,392,418]" class="Insecta" family="Muscidae" genus="Mesembrina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="48" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="montana">Montana</taxonomicName>
, North Carolina, Washington. PALAEARCTIC:
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9FFF86D63AFE49FE391AFB" box="[366,439,432,458]" name="China" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">China</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9FFF86D696FE49FD831AFB" box="[450,525,432,458]" name="South Korea" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Korea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9FFF86D54CFE49FD031AFB" box="[536,653,432,458]" name="Mongolia" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Mongolia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="62B9298DFF9FFF86D5CDFE49FD691AFB" box="[665,743,432,458]" name="Russia" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Russia</collectingCountry>
east of the Ural Mts.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="52B43A96FF9FFF86D792FE2EFE1418B3" pageId="12" pageNumber="41" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="1A11691DFF9FFF86D792FE2EFE1418B3" blockId="12.[151,1437,151,898]" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D792FE2EFECC1AC0" bold="true" box="[198,322,471,497]" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Remarks:</emphasis>
The possibility that the Nearctic
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D59EFE21FCDA1AC0" box="[714,852,472,497]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. solitaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
could be a synonym of the Palaearctic
<taxonomicName id="DDAE129EFF9FFF86D277FE21FF301928" class="Insecta" family="Muscidae" genus="Mesembrina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="41" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decipiens">
<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D277FE21FF301928" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. decipiens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was hinted at by both
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and Pont (pers. comm.), but these suspicions were never formalized. The features used in the literature (
<bibRefCitation id="7E3F14ECFF9FFF86D57BFDD1FD381973" author="Knab" box="[559,694,552,578]" pageId="12" pageNumber="49" refString="Knab, F. (1914) A new mesembrine fly. Canadian Entomologist, 46, 325 - 326." type="journal article" year="1914">Knab 1914</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="7E3F14ECFF9FFF86D596FDD1FCD21973" author="Hennig" box="[706,860,552,578]" pageId="12" pageNumber="49" refString="Hennig, W. (1963) Muscidae. [Part, Lieferung 242] In: Lindner, E. (Ed.), Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region, 63 b, 913 - 960. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart." type="journal article" year="1963">Hennig 1963</bibRefCitation>
) to traditionally separate these two species were: males of
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D650FDA9FE151958" box="[260,411,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. decipiens</emphasis>
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with dense yellow hairs on the scutellum, whereas these hairs are dark in
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D25DFDA9FA1D1958" box="[1289,1427,592,617]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. solitaria</emphasis>
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; females of
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D64CFD81FE2019A0" box="[280,430,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. decipiens</emphasis>
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with yellow setae extending down onto the katepisternum, whereas in
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D3B3FD81FAFF19A0" box="[1255,1393,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. solitaria</emphasis>
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the katepisternal setae are dark. After examination of all available material of
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D364FD59FB311988" box="[1072,1215,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. solitaria</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D256FD59FA121988" box="[1282,1436,672,697]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. decipiens</emphasis>
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(including
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), specimens with intermediate features as well as both extremes of the variability spectrum were found in the Nearctic and the Palaearctic regions and therefore these characters appear to be variable. Consequently, we believe that the two nominal species are the same and
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D371FCE1FB211800" box="[1061,1199,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. solitaria</emphasis>
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is therefore a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D67EFCB9FE311868" box="[298,447,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. decipiens</emphasis>
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. This synonymy makes
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D58AFCB9FCFA1868" box="[734,884,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">M. decipiens</emphasis>
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the first
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<emphasis id="28DAB50FFF9FFF86D489FCB9FBE11868" box="[989,1135,832,857]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="41">Mesembrina</emphasis>
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species with a confirmed Holarctic distribution.
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